Re: DNS Round Robin Handling
Zippy Zeppoli <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:27:59 -0700
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Thanks! On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Jason Duell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/05/2012 07:19 PM, Eric H. Jung wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Zippy Zeppoli <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> It's my understanding that DNS resolution, caching, and failover are all >> handled at the operating system layer, not the application layer. >> gethostbyname(), getaddrinfo(), etc. are the APIs through which >> applications retrieve DNS info. >> > > This is true now, but we're seriously looking into incorporating a DNS > resolver into the browser so we have more control over performance and > features. It's likely that we'll move on that front in the not very > distant future... > > Jason > > ______________________________**_________________ > dev-tech-network mailing list > dev-tech-network@lists.**mozilla.org <[email protected]> > https://lists.mozilla.org/**listinfo/dev-tech-network<https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-network> >